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Most Reptiles have small, sharp, serrated teeth due to the fact that they are carnivores.
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Did stegosaurus have the teeth to bite hard?
If you were a plant yes. Their teeth were like an elephants teeth, round and made for grinding, not for ripping flesh.
How do you describe stegosaurus teeth?
Stegosaurus teeth were a pentagonal shape, but with more rounded, blunt corners. The upper edge of the tooth had lots of little rounded serrations in it, making the tooth look almost like it was some kind of leaf.
How do you know a stegosaurus is herbivore?
Paleontologists can usually tell whether an animal was a plant eater or meat eater by examining its jaws and teeth. Stegosaurus's teeth show that it was undoubtedly herbivorous.They probably ate mosses, ferns, horsetails, cycads and conifers. A study of the bite force and teeth of Stegosaurus suggests that they couldn't bite through sticks that were more than 1.2 centimeters thick, so they would have needed to eat very tender vegetation.
What do a stegosaurus and saber-toothed cat have in common?
They both had teeth and they both lived quite a while ago.
What is the scientific name of a Stegosaurus?
There are four currently accepted species in the genus Stegosaurus. They are Stegosaurus armatus, Stegosaurus stenops, Stegosaurus sulcatus, and Stegosaurus longispinus.
What type of dinosaur is a stegosaurus?
Tetrapod refers to any terrestrial vertebrate. That includes amphibians like frogs, reptiles like dinosaurs, including Stegosaurus, birds, and mammals, including humans.
Are stegosaurs plant eaters or meat eaters?
Stegosaurus was an herbivore, or plant eater. They probably ate mosses, ferns, horsetails, cycads and conifers. A study of the bite force and teeth of Stegosaurus suggests that they couldn't bite through sticks that were more than 1.2 centimeters thick, so they would have needed to eat very tender vegetation.
Was stegosaurus an hebivores or carnivore?
Stegosaurus was an herbivore, or plant eater. They probably ate mosses, ferns, horsetails, cycads and conifers. A study of the bite force and teeth of Stegosaurus suggests that they couldn't bite through sticks that were more than 1.2 centimeters thick, so they would have needed to eat very tender vegetation.
Is a stegosaurus a herbovore or a amnavore?
Stegosaurus was an herbivore, or plant eater. They probably ate mosses, ferns, horsetails, cycads and conifers. A study of the bite force and teeth of Stegosaurus suggests that they couldn't bite through sticks that were more than 1.2 centimeters thick, so they would have needed to eat very tender vegetation.
How many stegosaurus's have been found?
The remains of about 80 different Stegosaurus have been discovered. They belong to four different species, Stegosaurus armatus, Stegosaurus stenops, Stegosaurus sulcatus, and Stegosaurus longispinus.
Is the stegosaurus very dangereus?
It depended on what was happening to the stegosaurus. If it was in any danger it would try to use it's spikes on the top of it's body for protection, but in any other way it was completely harmless. The stegosaurus is a herbavore, or a plant eater. It only ate plants and nothing else.
Was Stegosaurus a carnivore Herbivore or Omnivore?
Stegosaurus was an herbivore, or plant eater. They probably ate mosses, ferns, horsetails, cycads and conifers. A study of the bite force and teeth of Stegosaurus suggests that they couldn't bite through sticks that were more than 1.2 centimeters thick, so they would have needed to eat very tender vegetation.
